Necktie press



B. SHAPIRO NECKTIE PRESS July 9, 1935.

Filed April 4, 1955 INVENTOR ATTRNEY Patented July 9, 1935 NECKTIE PRESS Benjamin Shapiro, New York, N. Y. Application Apr i1 4. 1933, Serial No. 6643327 UNITED sTArEs PATENT Q-F ICJE 7 4. Claims. T' The device the subject of this. invention is,in'- tended. as ameansfor removing the creases from necktiesflor cravats and the object of. the invention is. tov overcome many of the indigencies found in similar. devices. and to make the device semi-automatic.

Ihavejfound that necktie presses have been produced which press the center of the; tievery satisfactorily but leavethe edges gathered or wrinkled. I have tried to construct my device in a manner so that the entire width of the tie will receive treatment.

Another object of this invention is to produce a simple means for placing the necktie or cravat on the press and for retaining it thereon and another object is to have the device automatic in its operation and to introduce into the folds or rolls of the tie a web member which will retain the portions of the tie separated so that one portion will not impress itself upon another portion and so that the pressed tie will be smooth and fresh looking.

The following is what I consider the best means of carrying out my invention and the accompanying drawing should be referred to for a complete understanding of the specification which follows:

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a partly fractured elevation of a simple form of my invention.

Fig. 2 is. an end view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a self-rolling device.

Fig. 4 is an end view thereof, and

Fig. 5 shows a device similar to that shown in Fig. 3. This view is fractured and includes a mounting means.

I Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in all the figures where they appear.

My necktie press consists of a cylindrical member I attached to which are two cone members 2 and 3, one cone member being arranged at each of the ends of the cylinder I. At 4 and 5 I show .two outstanding tongues formed integral with the cylinder I though depressed below the surface thereof and it is upon these tongues that the necktie or cravat is engaged having first been folded at about mid length.

After the necktie is placed, the cylinder and the cone members 2 and 3 are rotated to wind the tie or cravat firmly upon the cylinder. The edges of the tie will however pass upward on the cone members 2 and 3 and this is what I intend to happen as I have found that a straight cylinder is not satisfactory as a tie press for the reason When the tie is completely rolled hficylinder and cones. the memberfi' is arranged there.- over and the snap fasteners T and 8- are engaged with their component parts as shown at. 9.. and H17. The member. 6 may he of elastic webbing and should be of "such a length as to require stretching to fit over the tie or cravat so that when the fasteners are engaged a definite pressure will be exerted upon the tie.

The members 2 and 3 may be hollow and to utilize the space within the members I may provide a removable disk or closure ll secured by a bayonet joint l2 and having a releasing knob l3. This closure makes of the interior of the member 3 a container for collar buttons, stickpins or the like.

' The rolling of a cravat on such a device is somewhat annoying and I have also found that with heavy embroidered or raised figure neckties, the figures from one portion of the tie or cravat may become impressed upon the other portion. I have also found that if the cravat is damp when rolled, the collars may back-set or transfer. To overcome these objections I have provided the device shown in the remaining figures wherein the cylinder l is provided with a recess 14 adapted to receive a bar l5. Upon thebar I5 is a strip of webbing asshown at [6, attached to the ends of. which are elastic members I! and I8.

The cone shaped portions 2 and 3 in this device are provided with slots as shown at l9 and 2!] and a bar 2| engaged in the elastic members I! and I8 is adapted to be introduced into the slots I9 and 20 and to move downward therein to cause a tension on the cravat.

In this device the cravat or necktie is rolled into the web member l6, that is, the web member is sufficiently long to receive the necktie and to bearranged between the different rolls or layers of the tie. This device may have an automatic take-up. Such an automatic take-up will be similar to that employed in window shades and in Fig. 5 and at 22 I show a spring arranged upon a shaft 23 which has thereon a ratchet wheel 24 and a ratchet 25 engages the ratchet wheel 24.

The end of the shaft 23 may engage into the loose head 26 as shown in Fig. 3 or in the bracket 21 as shown in Fig. 5. If in the head 26, the heads 26 and 28 are held in one hand while the web [6 is caused to rewind with the necktie on the members I, 2 and 3, but the brackets 21 and 29 make it possible to secure my device to a wall or support and the members i, 2 and 3 may then be operated as a unit in much the same manner as a window shade roller is operated.

In Fig. 5 I show a somewhat different type of engaging means for the cravat as indicated at 30. This figure also shows in dotted lines 32 and 33 a suggested change in the shape of the end members 2 and 3. This change may be required to provide straight sides 34 and 35 adjacent to the cylinder so that a necktie with a particularly thick collar band portion may be engaged thereon and so that a necktie or cravat having a very wide portion may be retained without the possibility of distorting the extreme ends of the cravat. 1

It will of course be understood that parts of any 01 these devices may be used with other devices and that other modifications may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the principle or sacrificing the advantages of the invention.

Having carefully and fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to obtain is:

1. In a necktie, press a straight cylindrical portion and a pluralityof tapered portions secured to said cylindrical portion and an elastic member associated therewith and adapted to be secured thereon said elastic member being of a width greater than the length of said cylindrical portion.

2. A necktie press having a web, a cylindrical portion, tapered members associated therewith, means for releasably securing said web member to said cylindrical portion, means for rotating said cylindrical member and said tapered members, said means including a spring and means for retaining one end of said spring against rotation.

3. A necktie press having a cylindrical portion, tapered members associated therewith, means depressed below the surface of said cylindrical member for releasably securing a web member thereto, means for rotating said cylindrical member and said tapered members, said means including a spring and means for retaining one end of said spring against rotation a support for said spring and means comprising a plurality of brackets engaging said spring support and supporting said members.

4. A necktie press having a tie receiving portion, a head at each end thereof, automatic means for rotating said receiving portion and a web member permanently secured to said tie receiving portion and adapted to be interlaid with said tie for retaining said tie, all combined as herein set forth.

BENJAMIN SHAPIRO. 

